NGC4861 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC4861 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:43 (PDT), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:54, 89° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:36, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC4861
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h59m [1] |
| Declination: | +34°51' [1] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 12.80 (V) [4] 12.86 (B) [1] 12.44 (J) [1] 12.16 (H) [1] 11.77 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 3.8 arcmin x 1.4 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 18.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | Sm |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.54 |
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